Ladies and Gentleman...my newest obsession! That's right, I've decided to take a break from anime and pursue fanfic along the lines of Tekken. I've had so many ideas of stories in my head, and today I just started typing out the first idea that popped into my head.

So basically, this takes place in the huge timeline gap in Tekken 3 when Jin was being trained by Heihachi. I decided to explore this idea a bit and came out with this! ^_^ Hope you enjoy it!

Oh, and Tekken belongs to Namco. I only own my OC, although I wish I could own Kazyua and Jin and have them make up! XD Enjoy!

Chapter One: Just a Dream

I could've sworn that it was a dream, but I felt that I was reliving the moment. I don't know why…but it was something that just needed to happen.

It started out like any other normal day…as a high school student. I woke up to the sound of my annoying, buzzing alarm. My vision was blurry, but I just reach over to my side table and whacked at the snooze button with my fist. I then shook my head clear as the clock read 6:00 AM.

Thank God it's Friday!

I slowly, but surely, got out of bed and pulled on one of my black curtains, letting in a stream of sunlight into my mess of a bedroom.

Living alone has its benefits...but so does working myself to the bone every day.

Since my mother was gone, I had to do something with my life. I did as she told me and went straight to Heihachi Mishima, whom I did not know was my grandfather at the time. I was fifteen then and had nothing left. No home, no family…

In my dream, I was seventeen again, and somehow I knew that it was Friday. I turned to my calendar where I used to track my training progress every single day. It was Friday, April 21st…the day before the high school prom.

I remember that I wasn't planning to go, but I wrote it down anyway in case any of the cute girls wanted to ask me. I highly doubted anybody wanted to ask me on a last minute basis.

Man, was I proven wrong…

I smiled and shook my head again as I took my bundle of school clothes and went straight to the shower.

On school days, I had a daily routine. Wake up, open the curtain, stare at the world for a few minutes, head for the shower, put on clothes, fix up breakfast, brush my teeth, and pack my bag. All before heading out the door.

I know, it's a lot to get your brain around, but you get used to it.

After heading out the door, who else do I meet but innocent little Ling Xiaoyu. The Chinese girl always seems so happy…frankly, it somewhat annoys me.

And recently, I've been missing it….

Anyway, she caught me on my way to school and all she could talk about was "Prom this!" and "Boy that!" as well as, "Who's gonna take me to prom?"

And I wonder, How many times did I drop the hint that I'm not even considering going?

As we got to school, the whole junior and senior classes were talking about it non-stop. I just wanted to pound my head against someone's locker and yell for the world to shut up because I couldn't take it any longer!

Now here is where the dream got really weird.

Apparently, all of my rivals attended my school.

Steve Fox, the British boxer, was the stud of the campus, and he has his eyes set on Christie…or so I had heard.

Hwoarang, my Korean rival/friend, was in most of my classes and was dating Asuka, whom now I know is my cousin. They were gonna go to prom together.

Someone shoot me in the face!

Eddy Gordo was my P.E. teacher. I know what you're thinking…How the hell did he wind up with that job? Honestly, I have no freakin' clue! It was only a dream…at least I thought it was.

Anyway, Nina Williams was my math teacher, and Anna, her sister, was my English teacher. I'll never think of English, or Anna, the same way again…

So this was how the day went down: I walk into school and everybody was excited about prom. I was heading off to homeroom when Steve tackled me from behind, wrapping his arm around my neck.

"Hey, Jin!" he greeted with a goofy smile. "I've got some news for ya!"

I just looked at him with a raised eyebrow and replied, "And that would be…?"

Steve's arm wrapped even tighter around me as he declared, "I think I've got a shot with Christie! Tomorrow night, it's going to be me and her, and we are gonna get it on!"

He then patted me on the back before running off to join his jock friends, laughing it up like a total dork. All I could do was roll my eyes and hope that when that moment comes, he's actually going to consider wearing… What was the word he's never heard of? Oh yeah! Protection!

I finally reached homeroom, with Xiao still on my tail, with only a few minutes to spare. Hwoarang was sitting at my seat talking to Asuka, who also has a seat right in front of me. Talk about an annoyance.

He seemed to have heard me walk in because he turned to me with the usual smirk on his face.

"Hey, buddy!" he called out. "Still not going to prom?"

He had to bring that up.

"Not really," I simply replied, pushing him out of my chair. "There's no point in going if there's no one to go with."

Hwoarang sort of laughed as he casually sat down at his own seat to the left of me. "Then you're in luck… I heard there's going to be a new girl at our school, and she's in our class!"

Asuka made a disgusted sound and faced back to the front. "Don't remind me," he said, sounding somewhat angry about it. "Lili Rockfort is a total brat…and I know from experience!"

I thought, Uh oh! Here she goes again!

The bell interrupted my thoughts and Xiao took her seat to the right of me. Everyone rushed in to take their seats before the teacher came in at the tardy bell.

"Alright students, settle down and take your seats."

My eyes widened at the sight. Since it was a dream, I was thinking, Holy crap! That's Lee Chaolan! What the hell is he doing in my dream?

"We have a new student today," Lee continued. "I want you all to be so kind as to welcome Lili Rockfort."

Just then, the door slid open and in walked in…a goddess.

Nah, I'm just kidding! She looked like any other girl I knew, only with long, straight blond hair, dashing blue eyes, and too much make-up. To me, she looked like a life-sized Barbie doll.

I'm just going to skip ahead to lunch since everything up until then was so boring. But in case you were wondering, as Lili was talking, all the girls wanted to be her friend, all the guys admired her, Hwoarang wouldn't stop staring, and Asuka vowed to beat the pulp out of him and Lili when she gets the chance.

So, during lunch, of course, everybody was talking about prom. Steve wouldn't stop talking about how he was going to get laid by the hottest girl in school, Hwoarang and Asuka were off in the corner planning their night, and I was left all alone…with Xiao once again talking to me, of all people, about the dress that she was going to wear.

Yes, poor me.

I thought I was going to fall asleep, but a flash of blond hair hit my face and I turned sharply to see Lili strutting around as if she owns the place.

She turned to me with an innocent look and said, "I'm sorry, didn't see you." Then she winked, smiled, and skipped away…like she was suddenly two years old.

The truth is, I was actually glad that Lili caught my attention that day, because I would've never seen the most beautiful creature in the room.

I recognized her from my science class, but I never actually got to talk to her. I knew I had to make my move or else I would probably never get the chance to.

Now that I'm looking back on it, I'm really glad that I did.

I wasn't sure if Xiao was distracted or if she actually noticed, but she didn't seem to stop me as I got up from my chair and made my way over to the table.

I didn't even have to be dreaming to remember those deep, brown eyes looking straight into my soul; I remember her short black hair complementing her lovely face and cheek bones.

Most of all, I remember her name…Keitaro.

My stomach started filling up with knots and butterflies. I remember the feeling clearly, and nobody but her could make me feel like that.

I finally closed the distance with a few steps and sat in an empty seat next to her. She was all alone, reading a book. From the cover art out of the corner of my eye, I could tell that it wasn't Twilight; another reason to be relieved.

I tried to let out a slight smile as I looked back up into her gorgeous eyes. She smiled back and nodded in greeting before turning back to her book.

Damn, that's gotta be a really good book!

"I'm Jin," I said, trying to start up a conversation.

"I know," Keitaro replied, never taking her eyes off of the book. "We're in science together."

I just sort of laughed, covering up the fact that I was mentally slapping myself silly in the face. "Yeah, I know," I replied. "I just…wanted to talk."

That was when she turned to me with those beautiful eyes and gave me a smile that seemed to make my stupidity worth it.

I have to admit…I really miss that smile.

She looked me over for a while before finally saying, "Apparently you don't do much talking."

I didn't say it, but I had to agree.

"So," she continued, turning back to her book, "you going to prom?"

She didn't seem so excited about it either, so I just shrugged and replied, "Wasn't planning to…unless I can get someone to go with me."

I was always thinking that she thought I was trying to drop a hint, but she never did look my way after my answer.

Instead, she just simply asked, "You don't you go with that girl you hang out with all the time?" I raised an eyebrow, but she continued, "You two would make a cute couple, and she looks like she's desperate to go with somebody."

I chuckled and casted a glance back at Xiao before shaking my head. "And she just doesn't get the hint… Even though she's my friend, I would never think about taking her to a dance as my date!"

Keitaro kept her eyes on her, cracking out a laugh as she turned the page and asked, "You think it'd be too awkward?"

Again, I shrugged. "Maybe," I simply stated. "I mean…she's not really my type."

That's when she finally looked at me for the third time, her eyes becoming soft yet intense. Putting her book down, she turned in her chair and asked, "Then what is your type?"

My heart just seemed to melt right then and there as I got a better look at her face. I remember the sight and her lips and the temptation to touch them and kiss them, for they seemed so full and perfect. My gaze went down towards her hands which seemed so small and delicate, making them want to touch them ever so gently.

It took me a while, but when I finally came up with an answer, I lifted my head and looked deep into her dark brown eyes, as if I was trying to look into her soul.

"I like my girls nice and quiet," I began. "Not too much of a party animal, but willing to calm down at the appropriate time… Basically, all I care about is a good personality. I don't really care what they look like, just as long as they are beautiful in my eyes."

I figured that my answer must've hit the spot…because Keitaro began to smile like she owned the sunshine. I felt my mouth twitch with a smile in reply.

"That's so sweet," she replied in a more quiet voice. "And that's the side of you that I want to get to know more about."

I was about to answer back when then ten minute warning bell rang. Keitaro just sighed and rolled her eyes and she closed her book and gathered up her trash.

"I'll walk you to class," I offered, picking up by school bag and throwing away a banana peel…the only thing I ate at lunch.

Keitaro tossed out her bag of trash and turned to me with a more excited expression. Just how many smiles did she have?...

"Sure!" she replied, taking my hand.

For the first time in my life…I never rejected her hand. Instead, I wrapped my hand in hers' and gave it a gentle squeeze.

Just the walk to science class seemed like complete bliss.

Hard to believe that this portion of the dream only took half the night…and I had a lot more hours to go before I'm going to be able to wake up again…to a terrible reality in which I had created through anger and revenge.

The entire time I was sleeping, I kept thinking, Keitaro…you don't know how much I wish to never wake up again. Just seeing you…makes me feel alive again.

-End Chapter One-

Well, that's it! R&R and tell me what you think! ^^